As part of the GP race weekend Australia in Melbourne there were racers wearing jewelry, issued a special rule prohibiting wearing during the race jewelry and piercings in the cockpit of a race car.
Niels Wittitch, who was the race director in Australia, later also expressed concerns about underwear safety racers who are not fireproof. But about how the ombudsmen will be FIA controlled this matter, is Pierre Gasly he said at first: "I will not comment on that.“Later, however, the Frenchman is in the service of the team Alpha Tauri ironically added: "If they want to check my ass, they can do it, because I have nothing to hide. Even my penis can be checked, everything. If it makes them happy, let them feel free."
Also Daniel Ricciard, racer McLaren, were asked after the qualifications on this topic. Australian he expressed his surprise and at the same time explained: "This is the first time I’ve heard of fireproof underwear. We wear spiders if you want to call it that, but we don’t have real underwear that is fireproof, so that’s especially surprising to me. I've never heard of it. If this will help us be safer, I will of course invest in it. However, I don’t think they make that. Do I think the people we get racing kits from don’t do that, so we’re going to have to get something custom. And I guess that will be tailored to each racer,”He joked Ricciardo.